Leah McHenry understands the real world challenges for everyday musicians because she is an...
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How Waxwork Records Breathes New Life into Long-Lost Horror Soundtracks
Resurrecting the Undead with WAXWORK RECORDS We recently caught up with Waxwork Records founder...
FLASHBACK: 1950s Sony C-37A Microphone
Sony engineers created this microphone in the early 1950s. At first, it was used to record...
Live Review: Stereo Telescope
Where: Great Scott - Allston, MA When: October 22 Highlight: “Complete delirium” with sweat and broken heels Website:...
Create The Perfect One-Sheet
We all know that the days of bulky press kits have passed – no longer do musicians need to send 8.5”x11” glossy headshots and multi-page biographies in order to book a gig or get press. Still,...
Recording to 2 Inch Tape with Gaba Gavi
Artist: Gaba Gavi Album: Temporary Hero Recording Studio: Fudge Recording Studio – New Orleans Record Label: Self-released Release Date: Out...
DVD Review: Icons Among Us
Following the success of The Civil War and Baseball, Ken Burns and PBS released Jazz, a sterilized institutional treatise for mass consumption that harkened back to the “good ol’ days” of jazz....
Live Review: Royal Family Ball 2011
Featuring Soulive, Lettuce, Roy Hargrove, Pharoahe Monch, Rahzel, Raul Midón, and The Shady Horns WHEN: October 15 WHERE: Terminal 5 - New...
What We Learned from CMJ 2011
WHERE: New York City WHEN: October 18-22 HIGHLIGHT: Panels of experts giving bands real career advice. Performer Magazine had the...
Live Review: Athens Popfest
WHEN: October 15 WHERE: Athens, GA HIGHLIGHT: Fun, quirky night of wondrous pop, surf and punk. In its eighth year, the final evening of...
Two Takes on the A3C Hip-Hop Festival
Take One Where: The Masquerade / Atlanta, GA When: Oct 6-8, 2011 Highlight: Inside, 9th Wonder provided the beats for local MCs to...
RECORDING GUIDE: AD/DA Converters and Clocks
Capturing a recorded signal and replaying a true representation of the analog audio relies heavily on the conversion process that takes place before and after the audio passes through your DAW. An...
GEAR REVIEW: Electro-Voice ELX115P Loudspeakers
PROS: Easy set-up, tight bass and clear midrange, versatile as PA speakers or monitors CONS: Could use another dynamic microphone amplifier It only takes about a minute to unwrap the boxes, pull out...